Toy.



Patented Mar. I2, |90l.

H. K. AIKEN.

TOY.

(Application led Apr. 5, 1899.)

(No Model.)

HKAmm, 2f' WW HUGH KEER AIKEN, OF LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA.

TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,498, dated March 12, 1901.

Application filed April 5, 1899. Serial No. '711,846- (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH KERR AIKEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Laurens, in the county of Laurens and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and useful Toy, of which the following is a speciication.

My invention relates to toys, and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive toy to represent a comical ligure and which under conditions hereinafter specified will execute amusing and grotesque movements.

With this object in view my invention consists in the improved construction, arrange ment, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and afterward specically pointed out inthe appended claims.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a toy constructed in accordance with my invention represented as in the act of moving down an inclined plane. Fig. 2 is a view of the toy in a standing position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on a vertical plane cutting through the figure transversely in front of the legs and arms. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on the plane indicated by the broken line 4 4 of Fig.

.3. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view on the planeindicated by the broken line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts wherever they occur in the various iigures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the body of a figure consisting of a hollow cylinder with closed top B and bottom O, both being of flexible material. The body of the cylinder is made of any4 light sti material, such as cardboard or thin veneer, in which is inclosed a comparatively large and heavy ball, such as `a glass marble, as seen at D. The

` surface of the body is printed, engraved,

drawn, or painted upon to represent a face and clothing of an imaginary personage, such as a Spaniard, German, African, brownie, pigmy, gnome, dwarf, goblin, or clown, or the figure may be attired in clothes representing either of said personages. Legs E and arms F, of leather or stiff cloth, are attached in such a manner that they will readily fold against the body, so as to offer no impediment to the movements of the figure, the arms being attached to the body and the legs to the iiexible bottom O. The figure thus constr ucted when placed upon an inclined plane, as indicated at G in Fig. l, will move to the bottom thereof, executing a series of somersaults in its course, and when the level is reached will make a few spasmodic kicks and settle down prone upon the back as if dead. The marble or ball in the body strikes against the flexible bottom C with such force as to cause the same to spring outwardly. The ball then rebounds and the bottom O springs inwardly, so that the legs are caused to move longitudinally, th ns making the several spasmodic kicks, as stated.

The toy can be very cheaply made and will be a source of lasting amusement for old and young.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. A toy consisting of a figure comprising a hollow body, a flexible diaphragm at one end of said body, legs secured to said diaphragm, and a ball movable in said hollow body, substantially as described.

2. A toy comprising a hollow body formed of stiff material and having exible ends, a ball movable in said body, and flexible legs secured to one of the flexible ends of the body, substantially as described.

HUGH KERR AIKEN.

Witnesses:

JNO. AUG. BARKSDALE, W. I-I. WASHINGTON. 

